Garrett meets with Jones, Parcells
By CLARENCE E. HILL JR.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
According to sources, Garrett, who is the Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach, flew to Dallas at 8:11 a.m. Wednesday from the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., and is meeting with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former head coach Bill Parcells.
Jones has long admired Garrett's work and knowledge of the game. He played quarterback for the Cowboys from 1993 to 1999. His father Jim was also a longtime scout for the Cowboys.
Although he retired on Monday, Parcells is still at the team's headquarters where he is serving as a sounding board and advisor to Jones for rest of the week.
The Dolphins have given the Cowboys a Thursday deadline to make a decision on Garrett.
While Garrett seems like an out-of-the-blue candidate, consider that the trend in the NFL is to hire young, energetic coaches. Look no further than what's happened in Oakland, Miami and Pittsburgh so far this off-season. Also look at the success New Orleans and the New York Jets had last season with young cooaches.
Garrett can count on strong endorsement from former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. Garrett was Aikman's backup quarterback for seven seasons. Aikman said Garrett is ready to run an NFL team as well as an NFL offense.
"I have great respect and appreciation for what Jason knows as a player and now a coach," Aikman said last week. "He has been exposed to Norv Turner, Ernie Zampese, Jon Gruden, Sean Payton. In fact, I'm on record as saying he will be a head coach in a short period of time."
If Garrett gets the offensive coordinator job, the speculation is the Cowboys are looking toward San Francisco offensive coordinator Norv Turner or San Diego defensive coordinator Wade Phillips as head coach.
The Cowboys interviewed three in-house candidates for the head coaching job Tuesday: offensive line coach Tony Sparano, receivers coach Todd Haley and defensive backs coach Todd Bowles. All three are considered long shots for the job.
Garrett, who was hired as the Dolphins quarterbacks coach in 2005, spent the first seven years of his playing career with the Cowboys where he started nine of the 23 games in which he played.
He was part of two Super Bowl Championship teams as a backup to Aikman. Garrett also served as the primary backup to Kerry Collins during the New York Giants' run to the Super Bowl in 2000 and played the entire fourth quarter of the NFC Championship game that season. He spent the next three seasons with the Giants.
He concluded his career by splitting the 2004 season with Tampa Bay and Miami. Overall, in 12 seasons, Garrett started nine of 40 regular season games in which he played and completed 165 of 294 passes for 2,042 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions.
Garrett entered the league as an undrafted rookie free agent in 1989 with New Orleans’ developmental squad before being released prior to the 1990 season. In 1991, he played in the World League and Canadian Football League before joining the Cowboys' practice squad in 1992.
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
According to sources, Garrett, who is the Miami Dolphins quarterbacks coach, flew to Dallas at 8:11 a.m. Wednesday from the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., and is meeting with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and former head coach Bill Parcells.
Jones has long admired Garrett's work and knowledge of the game. He played quarterback for the Cowboys from 1993 to 1999. His father Jim was also a longtime scout for the Cowboys.
Although he retired on Monday, Parcells is still at the team's headquarters where he is serving as a sounding board and advisor to Jones for rest of the week.
The Dolphins have given the Cowboys a Thursday deadline to make a decision on Garrett.
While Garrett seems like an out-of-the-blue candidate, consider that the trend in the NFL is to hire young, energetic coaches. Look no further than what's happened in Oakland, Miami and Pittsburgh so far this off-season. Also look at the success New Orleans and the New York Jets had last season with young cooaches.
Garrett can count on strong endorsement from former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. Garrett was Aikman's backup quarterback for seven seasons. Aikman said Garrett is ready to run an NFL team as well as an NFL offense.
"I have great respect and appreciation for what Jason knows as a player and now a coach," Aikman said last week. "He has been exposed to Norv Turner, Ernie Zampese, Jon Gruden, Sean Payton. In fact, I'm on record as saying he will be a head coach in a short period of time."
If Garrett gets the offensive coordinator job, the speculation is the Cowboys are looking toward San Francisco offensive coordinator Norv Turner or San Diego defensive coordinator Wade Phillips as head coach.
The Cowboys interviewed three in-house candidates for the head coaching job Tuesday: offensive line coach Tony Sparano, receivers coach Todd Haley and defensive backs coach Todd Bowles. All three are considered long shots for the job.
Garrett, who was hired as the Dolphins quarterbacks coach in 2005, spent the first seven years of his playing career with the Cowboys where he started nine of the 23 games in which he played.
He was part of two Super Bowl Championship teams as a backup to Aikman. Garrett also served as the primary backup to Kerry Collins during the New York Giants' run to the Super Bowl in 2000 and played the entire fourth quarter of the NFC Championship game that season. He spent the next three seasons with the Giants.
He concluded his career by splitting the 2004 season with Tampa Bay and Miami. Overall, in 12 seasons, Garrett started nine of 40 regular season games in which he played and completed 165 of 294 passes for 2,042 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions.
Garrett entered the league as an undrafted rookie free agent in 1989 with New Orleans’ developmental squad before being released prior to the 1990 season. In 1991, he played in the World League and Canadian Football League before joining the Cowboys' practice squad in 1992.
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